Minister claims survey shows that the economic crisis had left no appetite for a unification with the percentage in favour falling by 23% in four years

A majority of people in the republic, 57%, are still in favour of a united
Ireland. Just 22% say they are opposed, while 21% are undecided.

This is the finding of a nationwide Red C/Sunday Times poll involving 1,005
adults and carried out by telephone between October 4 and 6.

The result suggests support for unification has fallen, however. A poll by Red
C in 2006, published in another Sunday newspaper, found almost 80%, or four
in five, were in favour of a united Ireland, although the majority, 55%,
said it should not be the first priority of government, compared with 22%
who thought it should be.